EXHIBIT 23.3



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
for the sale of shares of its common stock and to the incorporation by reference
therein, of our report, dated 3 February 1999, on the consolidated financial
statements of International Public Relations plc, which report appears in the
Current Report on Form 8-K dated 17 July 2000, of the Company and which
statements are included in the supplemental consolidated financial statements of
the Company incorporated in the Registration Statement by reference to such
Current Report on Form 8-K.


/s/ Ernst & Young

July 18, 2000
London, England